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Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance 2014

Coinciding with Mid-Autumn Festival is the unique Fire Dragon Dance - a spectacular ritual guaranteed to be one of the most extraordinary events you will ever witness. The 67-metre-long dragon is studded with thousands of burning joss sticks that at night produce an incredible spectacle of fire, smoke and dynamic fury as the dragon wends and dances through the backstreets of Tai Hang in Causeway Bay.
The three-day event commemorates a series of mishaps that befell Tai Hang in 1880 culminating in a plague breaking out in the village. Appearing in the dream of a village elder, Buddha instructed the villagers to light firecrackers and perform a fire dragon dance for three days and nights during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Sulphur from the firecrackers dispelled the plague and the ritual has been repeated annually ever since.
In 2011, the Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance was successfully included into China's third national intangible cultural heritage list.

Event Details

Date:

7-9 September 2014

Time:

Around 8:15pm to 10:30pm, 7 & 9 Sept;
Around 8:15pm to 10pm, 8 Sept
Remarks: The Fire Dragon Dance will perform at the Soccer Pitch of Victoria Park on 8 September at around 10:45pm to 11:30pm